Play Style: Cheats or no Cheats?

[revolution724]

Honestly, if I played with cheats, I'd get bored too quickly.  I usually have the opposite problem from finding it hard to keep my sims' needs up - rather, after a while, they get full and stay full, and I'm at a loss for what to do with them.  Like... don't you need something, you sims?  Wish fulfillment or whatnot?

[IloveLlamas]

I never cheat. Except when testing stuff. like how much faster does the athletic sim learn the athletic skill? That kind of thing but for normal game play no way!

[ElectricMonk]

I NEVER, EVER cheat. I learnt not to cheat the hard way, when several of my games went kaput because of it. I am especially wary of EA games, as my last one (Spore) became unplayable because of it. I have a friend who cheats at every game, so I don't mind cheats, but I just don't use them.

Anyway, the Moodlet Manager is a cheat in all but name, isn't it?

[Esther1981]

I NEVER, EVER cheat. I learnt not to cheat the hard way, when several of my games went kaput because of it. I am especially wary of EA games, as my last one (Spore) became unplayable because of it. I have a friend who cheats at every game, so I don't mind cheats, but I just don't use them.

Anyway, the Moodlet Manager is a cheat in all but name, isn't it?

I honestly don't consider MM a cheat. And I'm a huge cheater!  You get them up to 60,000 Lifetime Happiness Points without cheating, you probably earned the right to get it right? 

[danefaith]

If I'm writing a story with my Sims I'll likely up the cheats, but I'm not essentially "playing," either, moreso using the buildings as stages and the Sims as actors.

[ratchie]

I tend to only use the moodlet manager after someone dies and I have a houseful of Sims crying and mourning every five seconds. It gets depressing after awhile.

Rachel

[Leto85]

I honestly don't consider MM a cheat. And I'm a huge cheater!   You get them up to 60,000 Lifetime Happiness Points without cheating, you probably earned the right to get it right?  

Haha, Esther is the biggest cheat around here indeed.
I personally cheat only when I need the shots for editing. Buydebug, Making Needs Static, that kind of stuff.
Editing can be heavy so cheating makes things more easy, and it speed everything up for sure.

[Esther1981]

Haha, Esther is the biggest cheat around here indeed.

At least I admit it hehe.

[jessiethedog]

Haha, Esther is the biggest cheat around here indeed.

Umm...I may qualify as a cheater too. I can not even play for 10mins without cheating, even in my Dynasty! It's impossible! I need to join the Cheaters Anonymous support group. That's three sim-related addictions I have now!

[Esther1981]

Umm...I may qualify as a cheater too. I cannnot even play for 10mins without cheating, even in my Dynasty! It's impossible! I need to join the Cheaters Anonymous support group. That's three sim-related addictions I have now!

You too?? Sweet! I agree it is impossible to go 10 minutes without cheating. I always turn testingcheatsenabled true on at the main menu so I guess I can't even open the game without cheating haha.

[jessiethedog]

You too?? Sweet! I agree it is impossible to go 10 minutes without cheating. I always turn testingcheatsenabled true on at the main menu so I guess I can't even open the game without cheating haha.

You can do that! Hehe, I'm learning from the expert cheater! Even though I'd say I'm pretty good, I have cheated since I first played the TS1

[Esther1981]

You can do that! Hehe, I'm learning from the expert cheater! Even though I'd say I'm pretty good, I have cheated since I first played the TS1

Lol yes you can! In fact that is the only way the cheats for unlimited happiness points work! I never played 1 or 2 or I probably would have been cheating since then! 

[sydney511]

It depends. I usually turn on testingcheatsenabled true so I can drag up needs, and I sometimes use money cheats if I want a nice house.

[Hosfac]

I choose rarely ever.  The only time I ever use cheats is when I absolutely need to for building (i.e. the castle kit) or when a sim gets stuck.  But just recently, I used a lot of different cheats that I've never used before for the purposes of getting screen shots for a story I've been writing.  Sometimes, sims just don't want to cooperate.

[Joh]

I mainly use cheats (all learned here!) for building, or to fix something that has gone wrong.  (I haven't played any challenges yet, and if I someday do I wouldn't use cheats).

Recently I learned make needs static (thanks Esther!) and I've mainly used it when I want to play characters that have needed constant resetting.  That cheat has become a bit of a slippery slope for me, but it 'fixes' me being impatient with dealing with needs that you wouldn't discuss in polite company.  Only so much time to play in a day, and I sometimes get annoyed with the repetitiveness of their needs.  If I can play with out having to 'go', then my Sims should too, they can wait until after I shut down the game!  I don't use make needs static all of the time, but the game often loses all it's fun for me when all my character is doing is---> wake, eat, potty, bathe, work, eat, potty, clean house, bathe, sleep---> repeat until weekend, when she's lucky to get to go to the library, have a swim, and turn down party invitations to sleep, so she can begin the cycle again on Monday well rested for work.

I use the family funds cheat for building, and for my little kid's builds.  We call it "winning the lottery".  Also I've just used move objects for the first time, and place frieze in my honking big mansion build to make the staircase.